MIAMI - The Coast Guard completed a transfer of 24 people involved in a suspected human smuggling case on Nov. 26 to U.S. Border Patrol agents in Lake Worth for processing, and to Homeland Security Investigations for further investigation.

HARTFORD, Conn. — One night in 1969, Kent Williams was commanding a Coast Guard patrol boat off the coast of Vietnam when a Mayday call came from a naval unit on the beach. The Americans were under attack, and at risk of being overrun by North Vietnamese troops.

Over the next several…

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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bear returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Va. on Oct. 28, after a 28-day deployment providing hurricane relief in Puerto Rico and enforcing fisheries laws on he way home.

The Bear left Portsmouth Oct. 1 and set course for San Juan to take part in a mission…